word-vault/dist/data/cards/sy/systematic.json

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{
    "term": "systematic",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "done according to a system or plan, in a complete, efficient or determined way",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **systematic approach to** solving the problem"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a systematic attempt to destroy the organization"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The prisoner was subjected to systematic torture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the systematic analysis of the risks involved"
                },
                {
                    "text": "None of the studies were sufficiently systematic to give a reliable result."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was thorough and systematic in her acquisition of the collection."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌsɪstəˈmætɪk/",
                "audio": "sy/systematic/systematic__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌsɪstəˈmætɪk/",
                "audio": "sy/systematic/systematic__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 18th cent.: from French systématique, via late Latin from late Greek sustēmatikos, from sustēma, from sun- ‘with’ + histanai ‘set up’."
}